# gcarmix/HexWalk

Hex Viewer/Editor/Analyzer compatible with Linux/Windows/MacOS

Repository: https://github.com/gcarmix/HexWalk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hexwalk
Homepage: https://www.hexwalk.com
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: binwalk, gui, hexeditor, reverse-engineering
Last push: 2026-08-25T09:53:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 65, longevity 85
- inputs: {"age_days": 1193, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 73, "gap_med": 90.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1011, forks 45 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.137167+00:00)

## What it is
HexWalk is a cross-platform GUI hex editor, viewer, and binary analyzer built on qhexedit2, Capstone, and Qt. It combines hex editing with a built-in signature scanner (HexDig), disassembly for x86/ARM/MIPS, entropy analysis, diffing, and hashing.

## Use cases
- edit and inspect binary files in a hex editor
- scan firmware or binaries for embedded signatures and extract them
- disassemble x86, ARM, or MIPS code from a binary
- analyze entropy of a file to find packed or encrypted regions
- diff two binary files to find changed bytes
- parse binary file headers with byte patterns
- calculate hashes of binary data

## When to choose
- you need a GUI hex editor with built-in binary analysis on Linux, Windows, or macOS
- you want binwalk-like signature scanning without setting up external tools
- you need hex editing plus disassembly and entropy analysis in one tool

## When to avoid
- you need a scriptable or headless binary analysis tool for automation pipelines
- you only need a minimal hex editor without analysis features
- you require disassembly of architectures beyond x86, ARM, and MIPS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, reverse-engineering, parser, search-engine, cryptography
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools, files, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: hex-editor, binary-analysis, disassembler, binwalk, entropy-analysis, qt, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- gcarmix/HexWalk (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.137167+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:11:50.766128+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gcarmix/HexWalk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.137167+00:00, sha b154bb3cc0c3)
  - homepage: https://www.hexwalk.com (fetched 2026-08-29T13:11:32.259449+00:00, sha b21b88947d94)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.